Word: home-grown
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...AMERICANS: THE NATIONAL EXPERIENCE, by Daniel J. Boorstin. Historian Boorstin bases his cultural history of the U.S. on what is home-grown American rather than what was modified from European life. The "booster" who followed the pioneer westward and developed the country is his hero; his villain the Southern planter, who borrowed all of English agrarian life and needed slaves to make it work...
...AMERICANS: THE NATIONAL EXPERIENCE, by Daniel J. Boorstin. Historian Boorstin bases his cultural history of the U.S. on what is home-grown American rather than what was modified from European life. The "booster" who followed the pioneer westward and developed the country is his hero; his villain the Southern planter, who borrowed all of English agrarian life and needed slaves to make it work...
...originally thought up by missionaries to cover up the exposed breasts of the native women. The kids trimmed off the excess material, accentuated the bodice for trim fit, slit the skirt for free movement, and finished it all off with yards of ruffles and flourishes. When enough of the home-grown variety showed up on the street, store buyers decided it was a fad worth cashing in on. Selling at $10 to $15, store-bought grannies have spread to Chicago, Manhattan and Pittsburgh...
...original base was so small. Compared even to India, Pakistan is today an industrial pygmy. Using his system of "Basic Democracy" to keep the vote in the hands of a privileged few, Ayub rules firmly but with considerable justice; he encourages foreign investment and gives tax credits to home-grown investors. He has also done much to mollify East Pakistan with a heavy increase in government capital outlay...
...Administration expects no notable overall rise in steel prices, chiefly because the steel industry continues to face rising competition from imports and from such home-grown competitors as aluminum, cement and plastics. The industry has already revised prices (mostly upward) on 20% of its products this year, usually by increasing the extra fees charged for finishing items to a customer's preferred size or weight. After inventories return to normal, it will probably tiptoe toward price boosts on such defense items as carbon sheet, bars, plates and tubes. Despite grumblings that the wage settlement with the union will cause...